Donald BYRD “At the Half Note Café, Vol.1” (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) LP

At the Half Note Café, Vol.1 puts the focus on trumpet-led hard bop that later opened into soul-jazz, funk, and electric production.

• Byrd leads a hard-bop group in a live club setting, with the room sound and audience energy giving the performances extra momentum.
• The music emphasizes long solos, blues language, and the kind of tightly swinging ensemble interaction that made Byrd a major Blue Note trumpeter.
• It captures Byrd before his later move into jazz-funk, when his sound was rooted firmly in hard bop.

For fans of Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, and Herbie Hancock.

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